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Library Director
Carmel Clay Public Library
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Adult Services Manager
Kendallville Public Library
Assistant Director/Reference
Sullivan County Public Library
To see the complete list of current openings listed on the ISL Continuing Education Jobs page click here
Teddy Bear Concert series at Avon library
Avon-Washington Township Public Library
Bedford Public Library Presents Indiana Jim Reptile Experience June 30
Bedford Public Library
Wallace to celebrate bicentennial this weekend
Covington-Veedersburg Public Library
Genealogy research help offered at Danville library
Danville Public Library
Hancock County (Indiana) Public Library Completes Digitization Grant
Hancock County Public Library
See the Gutenberg Bible, 32,000 3D Mechanical Puzzles and a Lock of Edgar Allen Poe's Hair at This Rare Library
Indiana University Library's Lilly Library
50K grant helping library digitize more county records
Knox County Public Library
Kurt Vonnegut Legacy Stalled: Library Needs $750K, 'Cat's Cradle" By Noah Hawley Pilot Date Unkown
Kurt Vonnegut Library
Library gears up for state bicentennial
La Porte County Public
Local facilities get Green Initiative Awards
Muncie Public Library
Library Plans Groundbreaking Ceremony to Commemorate Start of Remodeling Project
Owen County Public Library
Plainfield-Guilford Twp. Library unveils its new Book Bike
Plainfield-Guilford Twp. Library
Spotlight: Tom Woodfin, Eckhart fountain fundraiser auction
Eckhart Public Library
Tipton festival featuring the art of Indiana
Tipton County Library
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The Peabody Public Library has been nominated and won Business of the Month for June 2016 by the Whitley County Chamber of Commerce.
 Access to Lyrasis courses ends June 30.
Free training on lynda.com
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The Midwestern Roots Family History and Genealogy Conference will be held July 15-16, 2016 at the Indianapolis Marriott East. Preconference events take place on July 14. You won’t want to miss this event hosted by the Indiana Historical Society! This year’s conference is appropriately themed, #YourStory. The conference is excited to host Jennifer Alford, Jen Baldwin, Lisa Louise Cooke, CeCe Moore, Juliana Szucs, Curt B. Witcher and many more distinguished national, regional, and local speakers!
The opening session on Friday by Curt B. Witcher, Your Story, Our History: The Power and Value of Story, will surely have attendees excited about our place in state and national history.
CeCe Moore will launch the Saturday sessions with her presentation, Telling Stories with DNA from “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.”
Pre-conference activities include a variety of workshops offered in addition to research opportunities at any number of local genealogical research facilities including county libraries, area museums, and national organizations. Look for a complete list of facilities on the conference website.
The conference will host more than 30 sessions, many of which will spotlight online resources and changing and emerging technologies that are impacting the way genealogists research their family history. In addition, there will be sessions discussing legal genealogy, DNA, the use of Evernote in genealogy, African-American genealogy, finding female ancestors, how to work your own “genealogical cold case,” “metes and bounds surveys,” treasures at the National Archives, and genealogy and GIS, just to name a few. You can view the brochure with a complete listing of speakers and sessions here.
Once again, the conference will host the Family History Market and Book Fair, allowing ample time in the schedule to peruse the resources from national, regional, and local history exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall.
Whether your time permits attendance for all three days or just a portion of the conference, you will find a registration option to suit your needs. Librarians may earn continuing education credits from this conference.
To learn more and to register click here or call (317) 232-1882.
Register before June 30, 2016 for early registration prices!
Follow @IndianaHistory on Twitter and stay up-to-date on Midwestern Roots with the hashtags #MWR16 and #YourStory.
The Indiana State Library is collecting stories from public
libraries to highlight in our 2015 Indiana Public Libraries Annual Report
booklet. We are interested in the creative and fun things happening in
your library. If you would like to share what you are doing please
complete this short survey. Your information will help us create a report
that is representative of the work libraries in Indiana complete.
A link to the survey can be found by clicking here.
Please
complete the survey by Friday July 8, 2016.
GenCon is the largest convention for tabletop gaming in all of North America. It has been held in Indianapolis since 2003 and attracts approximately 60,000 attendees. This year, GenCon will be held August 4-7, 2016 at the Indianapolis Convention Center.
Many libraries are keen to learn more about tabletop gaming and to incorporate this increasingly popular activity in their library programming. In order to accommodate interested libraries, GenCon will hold a special Trade Day on Wednesday August 3, 2016. Trade Day will provide “hands-on training to educators, librarians and experienced retailers.” In order to obtain a Trade Day badge, librarians will need to provide proof of employment. Library Education Units are available to those who attend.
For more information on Trade Day, click here.
Through the generous dedication of some of you awesome
public librarians out there, the Indiana State Library is pleased to be able to
offer three Rock Star Trainings around the state this fall. At this time
we are unable to add additional trainings but if there is interest, we
encourage other libraries around the state to offer similar trainings or
strumming Round Tables.
Do you have a ukulele hanging out at your library with no
one to play it? Have you tried to learn but gave up? Want to brush
up on the basics? Join strumming librarians as they share the basics
of ukulele play for beginners. You MUST bring the required instrument to
this training. Classes are small and will fill up quickly so register
today. Registration is required. These classes are eligible for
LEUs.
Details:
August 8 – Brownsburg Public Library / Trainer:
Emily Fleischer / Instrument Covered: Ukulele ONLY / Time:
10:00 – 11:30 AM EST / LEUs: 2
Registration Link for Brownsburg can be found here.
August 9 – Elkhart Public Library / Trainer:
Allison McLean / Instrument Covered: Ukulele ONLY / Time:
10:00 – 11:00 AM EST / LEU: 1
Registration Link for Elkhart can be found here.
September 9 – Hagerstown Public Library /
Trainers: Ruth Frasur and Angela Dubinger / Instruments Covered: Ukulele
and Guitar / Time: 10:00 – 11:00 / LEU: 1
Registration Link for Hagerstown can be found here.
Register today!
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Hello, and welcome to the Government Information Minute.
This bi-weekly column is brought to you by the Government Information Librarians at the Indiana State Library. We cover current resources on Govt Info at local, state, national, and international levels. It’s all for you, to keep you updated and well-informed! Suggestions and comments welcome. Check out more Indiana Govt Info updates on Facebook and Twitter.
By June 28, 1776, which was 240 years ago this week, Thomas
Jefferson had completed the draft of the Declaration of Independence. Using the
National Archives Charters of
Freedom website, you can view images of the original
Declaration and read a transcription
of the complete text. Download a high-resolution
image for your library, classroom, or organization.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by George Mason,
influenced Jefferson’s writing of the opening paragraphs of the Declaration of
Independence. View a transcript of the Virginian
Declaration here. This document provided the new country with a model for
the Bill of Rights. Read more about the Bill of Rights here.
By July 1779, there were an estimated 2.5 million people living in the newly independent United States.
Today, the most recent estimated population of the United States (July 2015) is
321,418,820. So, over the last 240
years, the nation has grown to almost 130
times its original population. This means, on average, the nation’s
population has grown 50% per year of
nationhood. That is an impressive rate of change!
Indiana had a population of about 147,000 in 1820, at the time of the first Census after statehood.
By 2010, the state’s population was 6,483,802,
which is about 44 times its population near statehood. This means that
Indiana had an average annual growth rate of about 23%.
For more 4th of July numbers, see the Census
Bureau’s Fourth
of July webpage.
Fireworks
season has arrived, and the State Fire Marshal is reminding all Hoosiers to be
mindful of fireworks laws when celebrating this summer. See the full press release here. Always follow fireworks safety tips and laws to ensure a safe Fourth of July celebration. For more
information on local ordinances and fireworks limitations, contact your local
officials
Boating Safety starts with you. Whether you use a fishing
boat, powerboat, canoe or kayak, Indiana Conservation Officers encourage all
boaters to understand all the current rules of Hoosier waterways. Educate yourself
and stay safe out on the water with resources provided by clicking here. For safety
information and stats from the U.S. Coast Guard, visit the webpage of its Boating Safety Division and Boat
Responsibly.
You may think that only the ocean has dangerous currents
like rip tides, but similar strong currents also occur in the Great Lakes.
Beachgoers and swimmers should pay attention to the weather forecast and
warnings posted by local officials. Learn more about these dangerous lake
currents here. The Centers
for Disease Control want you to know that many water-related
injuries and drownings can be prevented; get
the facts.
For additional summer safety tips, visit http://www.GetPrepared.in.gov. Tip
sheets include information about Severe Weather, Amusement Ride Safety,
Flooding, Dry Weather, and Extreme Heat.
Evergreen Indiana Basic Cataloging
When: June 30, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Indiana State Library
Evergreen Indiana - Local Administration
When: June 30, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Indiana State Library
Do I Really Belong Here?? fitting in (or not) with Your Company's Culture
When: July 13, 2016
Where: Webinar
Midwestern Roots Conference by the Indiana Historical Society
When: July 14-16th
Where: Indianapolis Marriot East
Libraries and the Children of Indiana Nature Park
When: July 19, 2016, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Where: Webinar
Ask an Expert Webinar: Active Shooter webinar
When: August 2, 2016
Where: Webinar
Ask an Expert: Incorporating Yoga into Library Programming
When: August 3, 2016
Where: Webinar
The Difference is You! Conference
When: August 10, 2016
Where: Indianapolis Public Library - Central Library
INSIRSI User's Group Annual Meeting
When: August 12, 2016, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Library Services Center at the Indianapolis Public Library
CYPD Children & Young People's Division Conference
When: August 21 - 22
Where: Indianapolis Marriott East
INSPIRE for Grades 6-12
When: August 24, 2016, 9:30 - 10:30 am
Where: Webinar
INSPIRE for Grades 6-12
When: August 30, 2016, 3:00 -- 4:00 pm
Where: Webinar
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